Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 862 Snow Toad

When this topic came up, Ji Wuyan became curious and asked, "How did you stop him?"

"Haha..." The old lady smiled mysteriously, "It's nothing. Didn't he check my pulse? He said that I just ate too much yesterday and had some food accumulation. There were people in this big room, and he didn't show any emotion at all. Leave it to me, I was surprised that my old lady can’t be so greedy, how can I bear it? So, I left him in my yard to check everyone’s pulse.” After saying this, I laughed again, feeling very proud.

Ji Wuyan smiled and shook his head. This old man was getting older, but his temperament became more and more like a child. He had accumulated food and refused to let others talk about it.

"Come on, let's go back with the old lady..." The old lady greeted Shangguan Chu, then tilted her head and asked, "Do you have free time today?"

Shangguan Chu lowered his head, slightly bent his back, and walked slowly to the old man's rhythm. When he heard this, he nodded, "Nothing to do today." It turned out to be true, but since the old man asked that, There's no harm in pushing those things back.

"Then, how many rounds of bird cards will you play?"

"Okay." Shangguan Chu responded softly, and then called to Ning Xiuyuan, "Third Master, together?" Together with his grandmother Daquepai, he usually acted as the boy who scattered money, but now he has roped in a richer one. The old man can be happy and he can be less distracted, so why not?
Ning Xiuyuan did not refuse, nodded and chuckled, "But I still have some things to do here, which will have to wait for a while. If possible, first find a maid or a nanny to take my place. If they win, it's theirs, if they lose, it's mine. of."

"Sure! Then it's settled!"

Shangguan Chu smiled like a fox and helped the old lady to walk in. The old lady saw through it and said so, and nodded her head, "You...are unwilling to lose to me?"

"No way." He even denied it perfunctorily, and then said, "Not to mention that I lost to you, but I should directly honor you. No, if there is one more person who honors you, you will be happier, right? "

This boy... The old lady shook her head and said nothing.

This kid was very good at poker, and his handicap was not obvious. At first, the old lady didn't really care, and she even had fun a few times because she won money. But this guy is not an idiot, so how could he return the loss? Obviously he gave in on purpose.

……

The grandfather and grandson left, and Ning Xiuyuan and Ji Wuyan returned to the courtyard first. Although he came here after hearing Xi Yu's report, there was indeed something going on. He sat on the porch, chased the boys who were clearing the snow, and then handed over a portrait, "Have a look, do you recognize him?"

Ji Wuyan glanced at Ning Xiuyuan before taking the portrait and unfolding it.

The portrait shows a bearded man who looks a bit older. He has deep-set eye sockets and prominent brow bones. There is a not-so-long scar on the right brow bone. He looks a bit ruthless and not easy to mess with. Such a person is enough to make people unforgettable. Ji Wuyan shook his head, "I've never seen him before. Who is he?" After asking, he handed the portrait back.

"Donggong went to Jiangnan to find people." Ning Xiuyuan rolled up the portrait again and put it aside before saying, "Donggong has been sending people to Jiangnan non-stop. At first, it was just to check the activities of the Shangguan family in recent years. I I thought that according to the old man’s wisdom and prudence, even if there is something, Dong Palace will not find it.”

He poured tea and pushed it to Ji Wuyan, poured himself another cup, and then continued, "It's just that I discovered not long ago that he had sent people to Yunzhou, thinking that grandma and you are both here, and there is no one to make the decision there. , which made people stare a little closer... Only then did I realize that they recently brought this man back from Jiangnan. Many experts were guarding him along the way. Instead of taking the main road, he sneaked and slowly took the path, so I took him directly. ." Of course, it is impossible to just take it.

It must have been reviewed and some things found.

Her heart couldn't help but beat up. She suppressed her expression, calmed her mind, and asked softly, "Who is he?"

Ning Xiuyuan sighed softly, looked at Ji Wuyan and said slowly, "The husband of Wen Po who delivered your mother's baby... In order to conceal your identity, the old man silenced or silenced all the people who knew the inside story. However, the couple rolled down the mountain while they were being chased. The men sent by the old man visually measured the height of the mountain, and probably felt that there was no chance of the other party surviving, so they went back to recover. He fell to death, but the man survived...and was found by Dong Gong many years later."

Ji Wuyan frowned slightly, and slowly rubbed the white porcelain tea cup in his hand with his fingertips, his expression calm and unpredictable. After a long while, he asked in a low voice, "Where is that person now?"

"I've detained her." Ning Xiuyuan held her hand that was stroking the side of the tea cup in his palm, like some kind of silent comfort, and then said softly, "It's just... Although the person has been detained, the news But it must have reached the East Palace earlier. Li Yuqi must have known your identity, and he will definitely make a fuss about it. After all, to put it more seriously, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor..."

Where does it come from? To put it lightly, this is just a family matter that has nothing to do with anyone else.

"You have to make preparations in advance." Ning Xiuyuan rubbed the soft grass in his palms, his eyebrows formed into a clear "Sichuan", and warned carefully.

Prepare in advance...? There is no completely airtight wall in this world. In fact, I have always known in my heart that it is only a matter of time before my identity is exposed, but subconsciously I feel that the time cannot be so fast, so I have wasted every day until now, and I really have not been prepared. .

Now that we have arrived, it seems that it is too late to prepare.

"Girl." Ziqiu wiped the flour on his face and came from the direction of the kitchen. When he saw Ning Xiuyuan, he knelt down and said, "The third master is here too? Girl, just now Miss Shen came to see you. , you are not here. She asked her slave to ask you. Now that the recipe for the antidote has come out, Mr. Chen has confirmed it. However, one of the medicinal ingredients is extremely difficult to find. In a short time, only with what we have in hand, I'm afraid I can't make an antidote. So, Miss Shen, I want to ask you, should you keep this prescription yourself and wait for the medicinal ingredients, or should you send it to the palace to present to His Majesty?"

"Which medicinal ingredient is missing? Brother can't find it either?"

"Yes..." Ziqiu responded, frowning and thinking for a while, but couldn't figure out what it was, so he only relied on his memory and said, "The thing on the snow toad... is said to be hard to find. It must be in the snow mountain." If you look for it in the mountains, you may go blind before you find it, so you can’t buy it in the general market.”

"Snow toad." Ji Wuyan immediately understood that it was indeed a hard-to-find thing.

"That's right!" Ziqiu nodded repeatedly, "That's it, Snow Toad! Girl, is it really so hard to find him here?"

Yes, it's just that hard to find. I finally found the recipe, but couldn't find the medicinal materials...